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YOUR TELNO 1156: VISIT TO EUROPE OF XU JIATUN
1.
WE HAD SOME INITIAL DIFFICULTY IN PINNING DOWN CHA
CHI-MING'S LONDON REPRESENTATIVE (MARRIOTT), AND HE HAS SINCE
EVIDENTLY HAD SIMILAR DIFFICULTY IN GETTING A CLEAR STEER FROM
HONG KONG.
2.
IN THE EVENT MARRIOTT TOLD US TODAY THAT HE HAD JUST
RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM CHA TO THE EFFECT THAT XU'S EUROPEAN
VISIT IS 'INDEFINITELY POSTPONED'. THE REASON GIVEN WAS 'OTHER
VERY IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES IN CHINA'. MARRIOTT HAD NO IDEA TO
WHAT THIS REFERRED, AND WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY LIGHT THAT
YOU OR PEKING CAN THROW ON THIS.
3.
IT OCCURRED TO US THAT XU MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOLD DURING HIS
PRESENT VISIT TO PEKING THAT IT WOULD BE BAD FORM TO ACCEPT SUCH
LAVISH HOSPITALITY FROM A HONG KONG BUSINESSMAN.
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